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HIV

nounattested in dialogue

  • //ˌeɪtʃˌaɪˈviː//

Initialism of human immunodeficiency virus. The infection caused by HIV.

noun

  1. 1

    Initialism of human immunodeficiency virus. The infection caused by HIV.

  2. 2

    Variant of human immunodeficiency virusInitialism of human immunodeficiency virus.

    There have been other drugs since reticulose that I became aware of the successes of, some even able to claim "cure," even turning people from HIV-positive to negative.

    Accordingly, we varied HIV transmission probability per coital act, duration of each HIV stage, frequency of coital acts per HIV stage, duration of partnership, degree of assortativeness, scale parameter in the gamma distribution of the population across the risk groups, and exponent parameter in the power-law function of the distribution of sexual-risk behavior.

    A 2013 study found the HIV rate among injecting IPED users in England and Wales was 1.5 percent, comparable to 1.2 percent among users of psychoactive drugs like heroin and crack.

  3. 3

    Variant of header isolation valveInitialism of header isolation valve.

  4. 4

    Variant of helium isolation valveInitialism of helium isolation valve.

  5. 5

    Variant of hydraulic isolation valveInitialism of hydraulic isolation valve.

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